Modular appliance bin

ABSTRACT

An inner liner fixed to the door skin defining a recessed portion and including a first load supporting protrusion, a second load supporting protrusion, and a relief region disposed therebetween. A shelf disposed below the first and second load supporting protrusions and extending in a first direction and a second direction, substantially orthogonal to the first direction. A outer bin member including a side member forming a slot configured to receive one of the first load supporting protrusion and the second load supporting protrusion. An enclosure member extending from the side member and configured to at least partially close off the recessed portion, and a support wall extending from the side member and the enclosure member. A first portion of the support wall is configured to lie along the shelf and a second portion is configured to detachably fix the outer bin to the shelf.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present disclosure relates to a storage assembly for a householdappliance.

BACKGROUND

Refrigerator door bins are generally known and can include a bin unitconfigured for removable assembly with a liner of the door. Theconfiguration of the bin unit separate from the liner is generally aproduct of the material and process limitations associated with theliner, which is usually formed using a vacuum-forming process. The binunit is generally more suitable for an injection molding or similarprocess. Accordingly, the bin unit and liner are separately made andmust be assembled together. Most such assemblies facilitate selectiveplacement of the bin within a number of available positions and ease ofdisassembly and repositioning of the bin by a consumer. Further, manybins are made of or include a transparent or translucent material.

SUMMARY

According to one embodiment, a refrigerator is provided. Therefrigerator may include a bin and a door that may be provided with aninner liner. The inner liner may include a first vertical wall, a secondvertical wall, a third vertical wall and a first horizontal wall. Thebin may include an enclosure portion, a retention portion, and a secondhorizontal wall. The first, second, and third vertical walls may extendin a vertical direction and may collectively define a pocket recessedwith respect to an inner surface of the inner liner. The first verticalwall may be provided with a first protrusion that may include a firstload-bearing surface, a second load-bearing protrusion, and a reliefregion that may be disposed therebetween. The first horizontal wall mayextend from the third vertical wall in a depth direction and may beconfigured to support a number of food or beverage items. The bin mayinclude an enclosure portion, that may extend in the vertical direction,a retention portion that may extend in the depth direction from theenclosure portion, and a second horizontal wall that may extend from atleast one of the enclosure portion and the retention portion. Theretention portion may include a fourth vertical wall that may define aslot that may be configured to receive at least one of the firstload-bearing surface or the second load-bearing protrusion. The secondhorizontal wall may also be configured to engage the first horizontalwall so that the enclosure portion is detachably fixed in at least oneof the depth direction or the width direction.

According to another embodiment, a refrigerator door is provided. Therefrigerator door may include a door skin and an inner liner that may befixed to the door skin. The inner liner may include a number of verticalwalls, a first horizontal wall, and a first retention member. The numberof vertical walls may extend in a vertical direction and may include afirst vertical wall. The first horizontal wall may form a supportsurface and the first vertical wall and the first horizontal wall maycollectively define a pocket that may be recessed with respect to aninner surface of the liner. The refrigerator door may include a bin thatmay be provided with an enclosure portion, a retention portion, and asecond horizontal wall. The enclosure portion may be configured to atleast partially close off a portion of the pocket. The retention portionmay include a second retention member that may be configured to engagethe first retention member so that the bin is detachably fixed to theinner liner. The second horizontal wall may extend from the enclosureportion and may be configured to lie along the first horizontal wall.The second horizontal wall may include a first edge that may beconfigured abut against a second edge formed by the support surface.

According to yet another embodiment, a refrigerator door is provided.The refrigerator door may include a door skin and an inner liner thatmay be fixed to the door skin. The inner liner may include first loadsupporting protrusion, a second load bearing protrusion, a relief regionand a shelf. The relief region may be disposed between the first andsecond load bearing protrusions. The shelf may be disposed between thefirst and second load supporting protrusions and may extend in a firstdirection and a second direction that may be substantially orthogonal tothe first direction. The refrigerator door may include a bin that may beprovided with a side member, an enclosure member, and a support wall.The side member may form a slot that may be configured to receive one ofthe first or second load bearing protrusions. The enclosure member mayextend from the side member and may be configured to at least partiallyclose off the recessed portion. The support wall may extend from theside member and the enclosure member. A first portion of the supportwall may be configured to lie along the shelf and a second portion maybe configured to detachably fix the outer bin to the shelf.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 illustrates a plan view of an exemplary French-Door Bottom Mounttype refrigerator according to one or more embodiments.

FIG. 2 illustrates a plan view of an elevated front view of aFrench-Door Bottom Mount type refrigerator with the refrigeratorcompartment doors open refrigerator shown in FIG. 1 .

FIG. 3 illustrates a perspective view of an exemplary bin attached to arefrigerator door.

FIG. 4 illustrates an exploded-perspective view of the refrigerator doorand the exemplary bin each shown in FIG. 3 .

FIG. 4A illustrates a detailed-perspective view of a portion of therefrigerator door.

FIG. 5 illustrates a partial-cross-sectional view taken along the lines5-5 in FIG. 3 of a portion of the refrigerator door and the bin.

FIG. 6 illustrates a partial-cross-sectional view of a portion of therefrigerator door and another bin according to one or more embodiments.

FIG. 7 illustrates a partial-cross-sectional view of a portion of therefrigerator door and another bin according to one or more embodiments.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

As required, detailed embodiments of the present invention are disclosedherein; however, it is to be understood that the disclosed embodimentsare merely exemplary of the invention that may be embodied in variousand alternative forms. The figures are not necessarily to scale; somefeatures may be exaggerated or minimized to show details of particularcomponents. Therefore, specific structural and functional detailsdisclosed herein are not to be interpreted as limiting, but merely as arepresentative basis for teaching one skilled in the art to variouslyemploy the present invention.

As used in the specification and the appended claims, the singular form“a,” “an,” and “the” comprise plural referents unless the contextclearly indicates otherwise. For example, reference to a component inthe singular is intended to comprise a plurality of components.

The term “substantially” or “about” may be used herein to describedisclosed or claimed embodiments. The term “substantially” or “about”may modify a value or relative characteristic disclosed or claimed inthe present disclosure. In such instances, “substantially” or “about”may signify that the value or relative characteristic it modifies iswithin ±0%, 0.1%, 0.5%, 1%, 2%, 3%, 4%, 5% or 10% of the value orrelative characteristic.

When an element or layer is referred to as being “on,” “engaged to,”“connected to,” or “coupled to” another element or layer, it may bedirectly on, engaged, connected or coupled to the other element orlayer, or intervening elements or layers may be present. In contrast,when an element is referred to as being “directly on,” “directly engagedto,” “directly connected to,” or “directly coupled to” another elementor layer, there may be no intervening elements or layers present. Otherwords used to describe the relationship between elements should beinterpreted in a like fashion (e.g., “between” versus “directlybetween,” “adjacent” versus “directly adjacent,” etc.). The term“and/or” includes any and all combinations of one or more of theassociated listed items.

Although the terms first, second, third, etc. may be used to describevarious elements, components, regions, layers and/or sections, theseelements, components, regions, layers and/or sections should not belimited by these terms. These terms may be only used to distinguish oneelement, component, region, layer or section from another region, layeror section. Terms such as “first,” “second,” and other numerical termswhen used herein do not imply a sequence or order unless clearlyindicated by the context. Thus, a first element, component, region,layer or section discussed below could be termed a second element,component, region, layer or section without departing from the teachingsof the example embodiments.

Spatially relative terms, such as “inner,” “outer,” “beneath,” “below,”“lower,” “above,” “upper,” and the like, may be used for ease ofdescription to describe one element or feature's relationship to anotherelement(s) or feature(s) as illustrated in the figures. Spatiallyrelative terms may be intended to encompass different orientations ofthe device in use or operation in addition to the orientation depictedin the figures. For example, if the device in the figures is turnedover, elements described as “below” or “beneath” other elements orfeatures would then be oriented “above” the other elements or features.Thus, the example term “below” can encompass both an orientation ofabove and below. The device may be otherwise oriented (rotated 90degrees or at other orientations) and the spatially relative descriptorsused herein interpreted accordingly.

Referring generally to the figures, a refrigerator 100 is provided. Therefrigerator 100 may include a main body such as a cabinet 102 that mayform a fresh food compartment 104. One or more doors 106 may bepivotally attached to the cabinet 102 and the doors 106 may beconfigured to pivot about the cabinet 102 between an open position and aclosed position. When the one or more doors 106 are in the openposition, a user may access the fresh food compartment 104. The doors106 may include an inner liner 108, that may face the fresh foodcompartment 104, and an door skin 110 that may form an exterior surfaceof the refrigerator door 106. The inner liner 108 may include a numberof vertical walls, such as a first vertical wall 112, a second verticalwall 114, and a third vertical wall 116 extending between the first andsecond vertical walls 112, 114. The first, second, and third verticalwalls 112, 114, 116 may form a pocket 118 that may be recessed withrespect to an inner surface 120 of the inner liner 108. For purposes ofclarity, the inner surface 120 faces the fresh food compartment 104 whenthe door is closed.

The first vertical wall 112, the second vertical wall 114, or both mayinclude a supporting portion that may be configured to support a bin 122or portions or a bin enclosure 125. As an example, the first verticalwall 112 may include a first protrusion 124, a second protrusion 126 anda relief region 128 disposed therebetween. The first protrusion 124 mayinclude a first load-bearing surface 186 and the second protrusion 126may include a second load-bearing surface 188 (FIG. 4A). The bin 122 mayinclude an enclosure portion 130 that, when assembled to the inner liner108, may close off portions of the pocket 118 and retain food orbeverage items disposed in the bin 122. A retention portion 132 mayextend substantially orthogonally from the enclosure portion 130 and theretention portion 132 may be configured to engage the supporting portionto fix the bin or bin enclosure portion to the inner liner 108.

The retention portion 132 may include a fourth vertical wall 134 thatmay define a slot 136 that may be configured to receive at least one ofthe first protrusion 124 or the second protrusion 126. The retentionportion 132 may include a retention protrusion 135 that may be insertedinto the relief region 128 when the bin 122 is assembled to the innerliner 108. The retention portion 132 may include a first lip 156 thatmay extend from the fourth vertical wall 134 and the first lip 156 maylie against the first protrusion 124. The first lip 156 may beconfigured to prevent the bin 122 from being dislodged from the innerliner 108 in response to tipping the bin 122 towards the door skin 110.The retention protrusion 135 may be formed by a pair of vertical struts138 and a number of horizontal struts 140 that may extend between thepair of vertical struts 138. In one or more embodiments, a portion ofthe first vertical wall 112 disposed in the relief region 128 mayinclude a number of relief notches 142. The relief notches 142 may forma number of stiffening ribs 143 to stiffen the portion of the firstvertical wall 112 disposed in the relief region 128.

The inner liner 108 may include a first horizontal extending wall 144that may extend between the first vertical wall 112 and the secondvertical wall 114. The first horizontal wall 144 may form a first foodsupport surface 147 that may be configured to support food or beverages.In one or more embodiments, the inner liner 108 may include a V-shapedcross-section portion and the first horizontal wall 144 may form aportion of the V-shaped cross-section. As an example, a bottom portionof the V-shaped cross-section may include a nose 146 that may be taperedwith respect to the food support surface 147. In one or moreembodiments, the bin 122 may be formed by one or more plastic orpolymeric materials by injection molding. Portions of the bin 122 suchas the enclosure portion 130 may be formed by opaque material and otherportions of the bin 122 including but not limited to the fourth verticalwall 134 and the second horizontal wall 170 may be formed by atranslucent material.

FIG. 1 generally shows the refrigerator 100 with the doors 106 in aclosed position and FIG. 2 generally shows the refrigerator 100 with thedoors 106 in an open position. The refrigerator may be of theFrench-Door Bottom Mount type, but it is understood that this disclosurecould apply to any type of refrigerator, such as a side-by-side,two-door bottom mount, or a top-mount type. As shown in FIGS. 1-2 , therefrigerator 100 may have a first internal storage chamber or the freshfood compartment 104 configured to refrigerate and not freezeconsumables within the fresh food compartment 104, and a second internalstorage chamber or a freezer compartment configured to freezeconsumables within the freezer compartment during normal use. Therefrigerator 100 includes cabinet walls that define the fresh foodcompartment 104 and the freezer compartment. The refrigerator 100 mayhave one or more doors 106 that provide selective access to the interiorvolume of the refrigerator 100 where consumables may be stored. Asshown, the fresh food compartment doors are designated 106, and thefreezer door is designated 107. It may also be shown that the fresh foodcompartment 104 may only have one door 106. The bins 122 describedherein can also be disposed on the freezer door 107.

A number of bins 122 a-122 d, configured to store food and beverageitems, may be fixed to the inner liner 108 of one or more of the doors106. Typically, bins of different size and shapes may be arranged on theinner liner 108. One of the challenges with bins that are generallyavailable is that the bins in certain location within the door includevarious interfaces to fix the bin to the inner liner.

FIG. 3 illustrates a cross-sectional view of a portion of therefrigerator door 106. For the purposes of clarity, portions of theinner liner 108 that are covered by the bin 122 are shown in dashedlines. The inner liner 108 and the door skin 110 may be fixed to oneanother and one or more seals or gaskets 148 may be disposed between theinner liner 108 and the door skin 110. One or more of the inner liner108, door skin 110 and gaskets 148 may be formed from a multilayerthermoplastic polymer material including one or more barrier layers thatare substantially impervious to nitrogen, oxygen, water vapor, carbondioxide, and other such gasses whereby a vacuum can be maintained in aninternal space between inner liner 108 and the door skin 110. The gasket148 may include a thermoset material with or without fillers orreinforcements (i.e. fibers) and may optionally include a barriercoating.

One or more of the components 108, 110, 148 may optionally be made frommetal or other suitable material. For example, the door skin 110 may bemade from sheet metal, and inner liner 108 may be made from amulti-layer thermoformed polymer material having barrier properties. Thedoor skin 110 may include a generally planar central sidewall portion152, and four sidewalls 154A-154D that extend transversely from thecentral sidewall portion 152 to define an interior space that receivesinner liner 108 when assembled. The inner liner 108 may include thefirst, second and third sidewalls 112, 114, 116 and the third sidewall116 may be spaced apart from the central sidewall portion 152 whenassembled. When assembled, the sidewalls 112, 114 are spaced inwardlyfrom the sidewalls 154A, 154D, respectively, of door skin 110 to form agap or space therebetween that may be filled with a porous fillermaterial and evacuated to form a vacuum. The sidewalls 112, 114 may formthe inner surface 120 of the inner liner 108 that faces the refrigeratedcompartment 104 when the doors 106 are in the closed position. The thirdsidewall 116 may be recessed towards the door skin 110 to form therecessed pocket 118.

FIG. 4 illustrates a cross-sectional-exploded view of a portion of therefrigerator door 106. The inner liner 108 includes a V-shapedcross-section portion that extends from the third vertical sidewall 114.The V-shaped cross-section portion includes the first horizontal wall144 and the nose 146. In addition to the first horizontal wall 144, asecond horizontal wall 158 may extend from the nose 146 towards the doorskin 110. The first and second horizontal walls 144, 158 and the nose146 may form a void 160 that may be configured to receive insulatingfilling. The first horizontal wall 144 may form the first food supportsurface 147 that may be raised with respect to the nose 146. The firstfood support surface 147 may converge with a first inner radius 162. Thefirst inner radius may converge with the first protrusion 124.

The bin 122 is shown in an uninstalled position, spaced apart from theinner liner 108. The bin 122 may include the enclosure portion 130 thatmay extend in a direction parallel to the third vertical sidewall 114. Asecond horizontal wall 170 may extend from the enclosure portion 130 ina direction that may be substantially orthogonal to the enclosureportion 130. The second horizontal wall 170 may form a second supportsurface 172 that may be configured to support a number of food orbeverage items.

The second horizontal wall 170 may cooperate with the retention featuresformed by the fourth vertical wall 134 to provide support for the bin122. Because the second horizontal wall 170 may lie along the firsthorizontal wall 144, portions of the load of the bin or contentsdisposed therein may be supported by the first horizontal wall 144.Accordingly, a less robust and more adaptable or removable interfacebetween the fourth vertical wall 134 and the first vertical wall 112 maybe employed. The second horizontal wall 170 may define a number of slots174 that may have an elongated shape. The slots 174 may be arranged sothat the air may flow through the slots 174 to the storage area formedby the first horizontal wall 144 and the bin 122. While only one side ofthe bin 122 is illustrated, the side not shown may include substantiallythe same features described herein.

In one or more embodiments, a majority of the second horizontal wall 170may lie along a portion of the first horizontal wall 144 such as thenose 146. The nose 146 or other portions of the first horizontal wall144 may support the second horizontal wall 170 in the verticaldirection. The second horizontal wall 170 may lie along the nose 146 sothat the second horizontal wall 170 and the first horizontal wall 144lie in a common plane. In other words, the first horizontal wall 144 andthe second horizontal wall 170 may form a planar surface that may beconfigured to evenly support a number of food or beverage items storedwithin the bin 122. The planar surface between the second horizontalwall 170 and the food support surface 147 may provide a relativelyseamless appearance for the bottom portion of the bin 122.

A lip 176 may extend from the fourth vertical wall 134 to the secondhorizontal wall 170. The lip 176 may include an edge 178 that may beconfigured to engage a portion of the food support surface 147 such asan inner edge 164 so that the fourth vertical wall 134, by way of thelip 176, is sandwiched between the retention members such as the firstprotrusion 124 and the second load bearing protrusion 126. The foodsupport surface 147 may also include a front edge 182 that may beconfigured to abut against a rear edge 185 of the second horizontal wall170. As an example, the edge 178 and the edge 180 of the food supportsurface 147 may fix the bin 122 so that the bin 122 is fixed to preventmovement of the bin in a width direction such as towards the firstvertical wall 112 and the second vertical wall 114.

In one or more embodiments, the bin 122 may include a peripheral lip 190that may extend from the enclosure portion 130. The peripheral lip 190may be configured to route or transport condensate from the bin 122 to abottom portion of the fresh food compartment 104 that may be providedwith a drain configured to route the condensate to a drip pan (notillustrated). The peripheral lip 190 may also provide a finished surfacefor improved aesthetics.

FIG. 4A illustrates a detailed-perspective view of a portion of theinner liner 108. The food surface 147 may include the inner edge 164.The inner edge 164 and second protrusion 126 may engage portions of thebin 122 so that the bin 122 is detachably secured to the firsthorizontal wall 144. The inner edge 164 and portions of the firstvertical wall 112 may form a recessed portion 184 that may receive thelip 176 of the fourth vertical wall 134. The lip 176 may be disposed inthe recessed portion 184 so that the food support surface 147 and thelip 176 provide a generally seamless surface.

In one or more embodiments, the first protrusion 124 may have a firstwidth W1 and a first height H1 and the second protrusion 126 may definea second height H2 that may be substantially equal to the first heightH2. The relief region 128 may have a second width W2 and the thirdload-bearing protrusion 126 may have a third width W3. The second widthW2 may be less than the first width W1 and may be greater than the thirdwidth W3. As an example, the first, second, and third widths W1, W2, W3may be relatively constant between the top and bottom portions of theprotrusions 124, 126 and the relief region 128. As another example, the124, 126 and the relief region 128 may be tapered.

As an example, the first protrusion 124 may be disposed closer to thethird vertical sidewall 116 than the relief region 128 and the secondprotrusion 126. The first protrusion 124 may include a top surface suchas the first load-bearing surface 186 and the second protrusion 126 mayinclude another top surface such as the second load-bearing surface 188.When the bin 122 is assembled to the inner liner 108, the first lip 156may line along the load-bearing surfaces 186, 188 so that front and rearportions of the fourth vertical wall 134 are supported. Supporting thefront and rear portions of the fourth vertical wall 134 may preventinadvertent rocking or movement of the bin 122 with respect to the innerliner.

FIG. 5 illustrates a cross-sectional view of a portion of the bin 122and inner liner 108 taken along the lines 5-5 in FIG. 3 . In one or moreembodiments, a second protrusion 126′ may include a step 192 that may beconfigured to act as a stop so that as the bin 122 is assembled to theinner liner 108, a bottom portion of the fourth vertical wall 134bottoms out on the step 192. The relief region 128 may be formed by afirst inner edge 194 a of the first protrusion 124, a second inner edge194 b and a third inner edge 194 c of the second protrusion 126′.

The first and third inner edges 194 a, 194 c may be spaced apart so thatthe retention protrusion 135 formed by the pair of vertical struts 138may engage the first and third inner edges 194 a, 194 c to form aforce-fit condition. The force fit condition may allow the bin 122 to beselectively attached and detached from the inner liner 108. The firstand third inner edges 194 a, 194 c may engage the vertical struts 138 sothat the bin 122 is fixed in a vertical direction and depth direction,extending towards and away from the in the inner surface 120. As anotherexample, a gap may be formed between the

As previously mentioned, a number of horizontal struts 140 may extendbetween the vertical struts 138 and engage the relief notches 142disposed in the relief region 128. Use of struts 138, 140, as opposed toa solid member, may allow the retention protrusion 135 to flex andprevent cracking or breaking of the retention protrusion 135 as theretention protrusion 135 is inserted and removed from the relief region128. The horizontal struts 140 may engage edges of the relief notches toact against an upward force or lateral force applied to the bin 122. Thehorizontal struts 140 may also help stabilize the fourth vertical wall134 and the bin 122 to prevent rattling of the bin 122 against the innerliner 108, caused by vibration of the refrigerator 100.

A bottom portion of the V-shaped cross-section may be formed by thesecond horizontal wall 158 a radii 194 may extend between the bottomportion and the third vertical sidewall 116. The radii 194 and a spacedisposed between the second horizontal wall 158 and the first and secondprotrusions 124, 126 may facilitate injection molding of the first andsecond protrusions 124, 126. As an example, the dashed lead lines mayindicate material flow of the inner liner 108 material and insulationdisposed between the inner liner 108 and the door skin 110.

FIG. 6 illustrates an exemplary bin assembly 200 according to one ormore embodiments. As an example, the bin 200 may include a receptacle202 formed by a first sidewall 206 and a second sidewall 208. The bin200 may include a front sidewall 210 that may have a substantiallyplanar shape and the second sidewall 208 may extend from the firstsidewall 206 and terminate at the front sidewall 210. The receptacle 202may include a bottom wall 204 that may be disposed above the secondhorizontal wall 170 and configured to lie along the food support surface147. The receptacle 202 may be configured to store and separate somefood or beverage items from others that are stored in the bin assembly200. The bin assembly 200 is another example of a bin that may bedetachably connected, and in turn exchangeable, to the inner liner 108.

FIG. 7 illustrates another exemplary bin assembly 212 according toanother embodiment. In one or more embodiments, the enclosure portion130 may include a top portion 166 and a bottom portion 168 arranged toform a Z-shaped cross-section. In other words, when the bin 122 isassembled to the inner liner 108, the top portion 166 may be spacedfurther away from the inner liner 108 than the bottom portion 168. Thebin 212 may include a trim member such as a bezel 214. The bezel 214 mayinclude a bottom arm 216 and a top arm 218 that may be spaced apart fromone another to form an opening 220. The opening 220 may allow a user toview food or beverage items that are retained in the bin 212 by theenclosure portion 130 and the bezel 214. The bottom arm 216 may beconnected to the top arm 218 by a medial portion 224 and a pair ofcurved portions 222, 226. The bottom arm 216 may include a rear wall 228and a front wall 230 that may collectively sandwich the top portion 166of the enclosure portion 130. As an example, the rear wall 228 may besubstantially aligned with the bottom portion 168 of the enclosureportion 130.

While exemplary embodiments are described above, it is not intended thatthese embodiments describe all possible forms of the invention. Rather,the words used in the specification are words of description rather thanlimitation, and it is understood that various changes may be madewithout departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.Additionally, the features of various implementing embodiments may becombined to form further embodiments of the invention.

What is claimed is:
 1. A refrigerator comprising: a refrigerator doorprovided with an inner liner including, a first vertical wall, a secondvertical wall, and a third vertical wall, extending therebetween in awidth direction, the first, second, and third vertical walls extendingin a vertical direction and collectively defining a pocket recessed withrespect to an inner surface of the inner liner, the first vertical wallprovided with a first protrusion including a first load-bearing surface,a second protrusion including a second load-bearing surface, and arelief region disposed therebetween, and a first horizontal wallextending from the third vertical wall in a depth direction andconfigured to support a number food or beverage items; and a binincluding, an enclosure portion extending in the vertical direction, aretention portion extending in the depth direction from the enclosureportion, the retention portion including a fourth vertical wallconfigured to lie on the first and second load-bearing surfaces anddefining a slot configured to receive at least one of the firstprotrusion or the second protrusion, and a second horizontal wallextending from at least one of the enclosure portion and retentionportion configured to engage the first horizontal wall so that theenclosure portion is detachably fixed in at least one of the depthdirection or the width direction.
 2. The refrigerator of claim 1,wherein the retention portion includes a retention protrusion extendingfrom the fourth vertical wall and the relief region is configured toreceive the retention protrusion.
 3. The refrigerator of claim 2,wherein the retention protrusion engages an inner periphery of therelief region to form a gap-fit condition.
 4. The refrigerator of claim1, wherein the retention portion includes a first lip extending from thefourth vertical wall and the lip lies along the first protrusion.
 5. Therefrigerator of claim 4, wherein the first horizontal extending wallincludes a raised portion provided with an edge configured to abutagainst the second horizontal wall.
 6. The refrigerator of claim 1,wherein the protrusion is formed by pair of vertical struts extendingfrom the fourth vertical wall and a number of horizontally strutsextending between the pair of vertical extending struts.
 7. Therefrigerator of claim 6, wherein a portion of the first vertical wall,disposed in the relief region, forms a number of stiffening ribsconfigured to stiffen the portion of the first vertical wall.
 8. Therefrigerator of claim 1, wherein the first protrusion extends from thefirst vertical wall and has a first width and the second protrusion hasa second width, wherein the second width is less than the first width.9. A refrigerator door comprising: a door skin; an inner liner fixed tothe door skin and including, a number of vertical walls each extendingin a vertical direction and including a first vertical wall, a firsthorizontal wall provided and a support surface, the first vertical walland the first horizontal wall collectively defining a pocket recessedwith respect to an inner surface of the inner liner, a first retentionmember extending from a second vertical wall of the number of verticalwalls; and a bin including, an enclosure portion configured to at leastpartially close off a portion of the pocket, a retention portionincluding a second retention member configured to engage the firstretention member so that the bin is detachably fixed to the inner liner,and a second horizontal wall extending from the enclosure, configured tolie along the first horizontal wall, and including a first edgeconfigured to abut against a second edge formed by the support surface.10. The refrigerator door of claim 9, wherein the support surface isformed by a raised surface extending from the first horizontal wall,wherein the second horizontal wall and the raised surface lie in acommon plane.
 11. The refrigerator of claim 10, wherein the secondhorizontal wall is L-shaped and includes a first leg, forming the firstedge, and a second leg extending substantially orthogonal to and fromthe first leg.
 12. The refrigerator of claim 11, wherein the second legis sandwiched between the retention portion and the raised surface. 13.The refrigerator door of claim 9, wherein the second horizontal wallforms a number of slots configured to facilitate air flow into thepocket.
 14. The refrigerator door of claim 9, wherein the inner linerincludes a V-shaped cross-section and the V-shaped cross-section is atleast partially formed by the first horizontal wall.
 15. Therefrigerator door of claim 14, wherein a bottom portion of the V-shapedcross section forms nose and the second horizontal wall is configured tolie along a top portion of the nose.
 16. The refrigerator door of claim9, wherein the enclosure portion is formed by a z-shaped wall includinga top portion and a bottom portion, the bottom portion is spaced apartfrom the door skin by a first distance and the top portion spaced apartfrom the door skin by a second distance, the second distance greaterthan the first distance.
 17. A refrigerator door comprising: a doorskin; an inner liner fixed to the door skin defining a recessed portionand including, a first load supporting protrusion, a second loadsupporting protrusion, and a relief region disposed therebetween, ashelf disposed below the first and second load supporting protrusionsand extending in a first direction and a second direction, substantiallyorthogonal to the first direction; and an outer bin member including, aside member forming a slot configured to receive one of the first loadsupporting protrusion and the second load supporting protrusion anenclosure member extending from the side member and configured to atleast partially close off the recessed portion, and a support wallextending from the side member and the enclosure member, wherein a firstportion of the support wall is configured to lie along the shelf and asecond portion is configured to detachably fix the outer bin to theshelf.
 18. The refrigerator door of claim 17, wherein the first loadingprotrusion forms a stop and the side member is configured to lie againstthe stop when the outer bin member is installed to the inner liner. 19.The refrigerator door of claim 17, wherein the first load supportingprotrusion has a first width and the second load supporting protrusionhas a second width, wherein the second width is less than the firstwidth.
 20. The refrigerator door of claim 17, wherein the side memberincludes a first arm, having a first length, and a second arm having asecond length, the second length having a length less than the firstlength, wherein the relief region is configured to receive the secondarm.